Here is this weeks update on Casualties in Afghanistan. Casualties of American troops this week than in recent preceding weeks. This only makes it that more tragic that 9 were killed in Fort Hood,...
Yesterday President Obama met with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan. Presumably the meeting discussed troop strength and the approach regarding General McChrystals...
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Sadly, I have been changing the numbers in this story's headline: The death toll in the deadly Peshawar blast has now risen to 105. Over 200 people are said to be wounded. There will perhaps be more casualties as...
Yesterday, NATO Defence Ministers and the NATO Secretary General have voiced their support for General McChrystal;s recommendations for Afghanistan. There is also broadbased support by the UN.Apparently...
With wars raging in Afghanistan and Iraq, President Obama is at a crossroads in Afghanistan. His senior general in Afghanistan has recommended an additional 40,000 troops or face failure. Just...
U.S Casualties have increased again during this past week. Here is the update of total casualties as of 10 am 2 October 2009. The number of Deaths has now risen to 774, which is an increase of `5...
U.S Casualties have increased again during this past week. Here is the update of total casualties as of 10 am 18 September 2009. The number of Deaths has now risen to 764, which is an increase of...
Private Jonathan Couturier was killed by an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) in Afghanistan on Thursday. 11 others were injured.Jonathan Couturier, 23, is a member of the Royal 22e Regiment based in...
Canada's casualty count in Afghanistan is now up to 130. Private Patrick Lormand, 21, of the Royal 22nd Regiment (Vandoos) was killed when the vehicle he was traveling in was struck by a roadside bomb. ...
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Early Sunday morning a Super 9 Ferry sank in the Southern Phillipines. The ferry had 1000 passengers on board. 900 people were rescued, 60 are missing or unaccounted for. Five dead have...
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Several News services are reporting a tragic event in Kunduz which is in Northern Afghanistan. A NATO air strike was targeting Taliban insurgents who stole two fuel tankers. Early estimates...
A soldier from the Big River First Nation in Saskatchewan, who served with the US Army was killed in Afghanistan last weekend. Corporal Darby Moon, 25 has fought with the US Army for four years according to...
U.S Casualties have increased again during this past week. Here is the update of total casualties as of 10 am 7 Aug 2009. The number of Deaths has now risen to 694, which is an increase of 10 over the...
National Post, a new paper that was "broadly sympathetic to the Sri Lankan government's goal of confronting and subduing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam", posted an opinion that "there is no excuse for anti-Tamil policies. "Sri Lanka must now be judged by the...
This weekend Britain paid homage to four war dead. July was one of the bloodiest months for the British in Afghanistan. Today two more British soldiers were killed bringing the total to 191. With...